Showing posts with label mega church. Show all posts
Showing posts with label mega church. Show all posts

2/25/16

can you spot a real Christian?


In America--as, I suppose, in most other so-called "Western" societies, it can be a little challenging to discern who is, and who is not, a real Christian.  Just because someone may be modestly dressed--or happens to be wearing a cross necklace (as in the above image), should not be taken as a sign that he or she is a Christian.  But you might be surprised to learn just how far a lot of people are willing to go, to be immodestly dressed, but who still want to call themselves "Christians".  (Some images in this blog post are "edgy", but not pornographic.)

7/17/15

organizing principle


An "organizing principle" is an idea, one which serves to bring together diverse elements in such a way that those multifarious elements thus become mutually supportive and collectively strong.  In the case of the above image, for example, the "organizing principle"--the "idea"--which is very well represented in the photo, could be stated thus:

6/12/15

an evil time









"They hate him that rebuketh in the gate, and they abhor him that speaketh uprightly.  Forasmuch therefore as your treading is upon the poor, and ye take from him burdens of wheat: ye have built houses of hewn stone, but ye shall not dwell in them; ye have planted pleasant vineyards, but ye shall not drink wine of them.  For I know your manifold transgressions and your mighty sins: they afflict the just, they take a bribe, and they turn aside the poor in the gate from their right.  Therefore the prudent shall keep silence in that time; for it is an evil time."  Amos 5:10-13

"And it shall come to pass at that time, that I will search Jerusalem with candles, and punish the men that are settled on their lees: that say in their heart, The LORD will not do good, neither will he do evil."  Zephaniah 1:12

"Therefore thus saith the LORD; Behold, against this family do I devise an evil, from which ye shall not remove your necks; neither shall ye go haughtily: for this time is evil."  Micah 2:3
"Redeeming the time, because the days are evil."  Ephesians 5:16

"They [the godly] shall not be ashamed in the evil time: and in the days of famine they shall be satisfied."  Psalm 37:19